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MV invention Vrelates to-that type of defor its object to NEW ROCHELLE, flvnw Youn. Assrenon To ARTHUR.

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l v Application 1edApril22, 1914. Serial No. 833,581.

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Be it known-.that I; CHARLES F. yTRAV- ALL'ED', a citizen of tlie -United Statesyand resident of New Rochelle,` Winchester county5l State of New York, have invented and useful Improvements 1n certain ne- Sofiit-Cli'ps, of which the'lfollowing isa vices commonly known as soiiit-clips .and has providea device lof' this character ivliic'h'will'atall times adequately and reliably support the 'concrete or'other coalescent material forming fth'esofiit and which will assure a reinforced soiii't of maxi- `mum strength. f

My limprove ment .furtherY yContemplates the provision of a lsoiHt-clip which is simple and economical y' to manufacture, occupies verylittle space Ybefore being assembled for use. is very strong and readily and quickly' placed- 1n operative vposition and which does not interfere with the A'free flow of the ma-v terial in tamping thus preventing the formation of air spaces and insuring a perfect bond i ,Y

My inventionl `will be fullygdescribed here`- inafter and the; features of novelty will -be pointed out in theappended claims. A

Referenceis to be had lto the accompanying. drawings in Whichf Figure l is an inverted plan view of a beam with my improvement applied thereto; F ig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is an end vieni and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail View o f one of the elements comprising my invention.

In the drawings. I have shown my improved clipapplied to an I-beam, it being understood that this is only an example and that said clip may be used to advantage in many other Ways.

My improved clip construction comprises end members' each shapedy to form opposite end loops 6 and clamping fingers l and further included a series of duplicate additional or intermediate members 8,` each havinglone end bent into a hook 9 and the opposite end shaped' `to form a loop lQ'siinilar to the loops 6 and clamping fingersll corresponds ing to the fingers?. The sewarious' members? which may be" constructed 'of wire or any- .othersuitable material, are extremely simple.

and-chea to manufacture andin their tialv condltion are disconnected and separate an end t.

` has been properly fingers 7 may be turned down into .engagesition. An addit surface of the placed Iin position by after which ad '.sgft att -out in any Way 'interfering with the free offspace and in consequence are capable of ybeing readilyy stored andy conveniently shipped.

In applying the device lan end member' upon the beaml for instance near is placedl ereof with the loops 6in engagementivith: the lower surfaceA of the beam flange 13 the rclamping fingers 7k for in-f y stance yprojectlng upwardly `-at opposite! edges of said flangef as indicated in dottedllnes 1nl Fig.. 3,. After-the said end member positioned the clamping ment With theuppergsurface of .the beam flange 1'3 toco'pe'rate ivith the loops 6 and securely clampk the said vend member. cinpoional or intermediatefmember 8 isnowlplaced in position b yengaging the hook 9 ythereof with one of the loops 6 and extending said member S'beneaththe ,beam 1'2-at the desired angle: with therloop 1()l also in engagement with the lowensurface of thebeam fiange 1.3. This interme-I diate member 8 may also be secured `upon the beam by bending theclampinginger 11 firmly' intoengagement with the upper beam flange 13y in. the same manner as the fingers 7'. tional or intermediate lmember 8 L'is now engaging its l1ook'9 with the loop 10 of the'preceding member` 8 and said second member v8 is extendedbe neath the beam at the 'the opposite direction to the .first member S. The second member 8 maybe similarly se# cured" in position by bending its clamping finger 11 into engagement with the flange lo itional interr'nediat'e mem- `bers 8 may be successively connected together and securedin position to form azig- -zag structure of the'desii'ed'lengt It will' be seen in the nished structure, that the' loops 6'and10 serve tohspace the members-5 and'B A respectively from the sur-v face .of the beam, the con'ipleted structure providin a reliablereinforcement for the 'e points of, greatest tension with.

fiow. -of the v concrete `or other. material in tamping-- thus insuring 4a perfect bond throughout. The loops 6 and 10 in combination with theA ngers 7 and 11 also form more or less resilient 'clamps whereby` the opposite edges' of the flange 13 are firmly desired' angle and in' l' members are 'in andthe devi'ceis securely ina-im.

tained in op eiati\"e' position. It will, of couisabe understoodthatinstead of bending the fingers' 7 "":in'dj 11l as described the saine maybe initially shaped as shown in solid lilies in 1"igs.'3 and 4 and simply slipped oi' hooked over the edges of the flange' 13 during tlie'assenibling operation.

It will at once be apparent that the memi spaceand is thus easily stored and shipped.

' unskilled labor.

In addition tothe above, no special calculal tions or measurements are required to'in` sure a proper combination of my improved and the( structure with for` instance' a beam, same may beredily placed in position by arious changes in the specific form yshown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention. L claim:

1. TheA combination o la. supporting l 'plurality Iof separate members, co-

o" .v means on said lmembers whereby the are detach ably connected together to form' ay continuousstructure for reinforcing and supporting 'a soilit and lmeans for securing said members inoperative position upon said 'supportfg means.

' 2. The combination` of a supporting means, an end member connected with said 'supporting means, va plurality of additional separate' members, coperating means on all of saidr members whereby said additional up occupies very little' ends of said end member for spacing 4 face, a hook at the opposite end of each l members members are'detachably connected vvith said end member and with each otherto form a zig-zag continuous structure adjacent to said supporting means supporting a solt and clamps for clamping said additional members in operative position upon saidsupporting means.

3. The combination of a. beam having va, flange, a plurality of members arranged adjacent to the surface of said flange, loops formed integral with said members or sA acing the latter from said flange sur ace, hooks on said members adapted to engage -said loops whereby said members are connec'ted. together to form a continuous structure.. and mea-ns coperating with said loops for clamping said members upon said ilange.

4. The combination of a beam having a flange, an end member arranged beneath said flange and extending transversely across the same, integral loops at opposie t e latter from the surface of the flange, fingers cooperating with said loops for clamping said end member upon said flange, a plurality of additional members extending zigzag adjacent to said lflange surface, a loop at one end .of each of said additional members for spacing them from said ilange surditional member, the hook of one additional member being engaged with a loop of the end member and the hooks of successive members being engaged with the loops of successive additional members to form a continuous structure and fingers adapted to coperate with the loops of said additional to secure the latter upon the ange.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set inv. hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES F. TRAVALLED. Witnesses:

JOHN A. KEHLENECK, vFari'z Zrssnnn, Jr.

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